Transactions



BASEBALL

Major League Baseball

MLB—Suspended unaffiliated RHP Aaron Jackson 50 games after a positive drug test.

American League

CLEVELAND INDIANS—Recalled LHP Jeremy Sowers from Buffalo (IL). Designated OF Jason Tyner for assignment.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Recalled INF Gregorio Petit from Sacramento (PCL). Placed RHP Santiago Casilla on the 15-day DL.

National League

ATLANTA BRAVES—Assigned LHP Chuck James to Richmond (IL). Recalled RHP Phil Stockman from Richmond.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Recalled LHP Zach Jackson from Nashville (PCL). Optioned LHP Mitch Stetter to Nashville. Announced INF Callix Crabbe, Rule 5 Draft pick, has been returned by San Diego and assigned him to Nashville.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS—Placed RHP Jason Isringhausen on the 15-day DL. Purchased the contract of RHP Chris Perez from Memphis (PCL). Transferred RHP Josh Kinney from the 15- to 60-day DL.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Placed 1B Nick Johnson on the 15-day DL. Activated 1B Dmitri Young from the 15-day DL.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

MIAMI DOLPHINS—Waived G Drew Mormino.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

FLORIDA PANTHERS—Agreed to terms with Jacques Martin, general manager, through the 2011-12 season.

Baseball



AMERICAN LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

Tampa Bay 24 17 .585 —

Boston 24 19 .558 1

Baltimore 22 19 .537 2

Toronto 21 23 .477 4 1/2

New York 20 22 .476 4 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Cleveland 22 19 .537 —

Chicago 20 20 .500 1 1/2

Minnesota 20 20 .500 1 1/2

Kansas City 19 21 .475 2 1/2

Detroit 16 25 .390 6

West Division

W L Pct GB

Los Angeles 24 19 .558 —

Oakland 23 19 .548 1/2

Texas 20 22 .476 3 1/2

Seattle 16 26 .381 7 1/2

Thursday’s Games

Cleveland 4, Oakland 2

Toronto 3, Minnesota 2, 11 innings

Kansas City 8, Detroit 4

Tampa Bay 5, N.Y. Yankees 2

Chicago White Sox 4, L.A. Angels 3

Friday’s Interleague Games

Milwaukee at Boston, ppd., rain

N.Y. Mets at N.Y. Yankees, ppd., rain

Philadelphia 10, Toronto 3

Baltimore 5, Washington 3

Kansas City at Florida, (n)

Cleveland at Cincinnati, (n)

Oakland at Atlanta, (n)

Houston at Texas, (n)

Tampa Bay at St. Louis, (n)

Minnesota at Colorado, (n)

Detroit at Arizona, (n)

L.A. Dodgers at L.A. Angels, (n)

San Diego at Seattle, (n)

Chicago White Sox at San Francisco, (n)

Today’s Interleague Games

N.Y. Mets (Ol.Perez 3-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Pettitte 3-4), 12:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Garza 2-1) at St. Louis (Wainwright 3-2), 12:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (Bush 1-4) at Boston (Wakefield 3-2), 2:55 p.m.

Cleveland (Carmona 4-1) at Cincinnati (Harang 2-5), 2:55 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Park 1-0) at L.A. Angels (Santana 6-0), 2:55 p.m.

Houston (Oswalt 4-3) at Texas (Padilla 5-2), 6:05 p.m.

Toronto (Burnett 3-4) at Philadelphia (Eaton 0-1), 6:05 p.m.

Washington (Od.Perez 1-3) at Baltimore (Burres 3-4), 6:05 p.m.

Oakland (Harden 1-0) at Atlanta (T.Hudson 6-2), 6:10 p.m.

Kansas City (Bannister 4-4) at Florida (Olsen 4-1), 6:10 p.m.

Minnesota (Hernandez 6-1) at Colorado (Reynolds 0-1), 7:05 p.m.

Detroit (Galarraga 2-1) at Arizona (Scherzer 0-1), 7:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Buehrle 1-5) at San Francisco (Zito 0-7), 8:05 p.m.

San Diego (Wolf 2-3) at Seattle (Bedard 2-2), 9:10 p.m.



NATIONAL LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

Florida 23 17 .575 —

Philadelphia 24 19 .558 1/2

New York 20 19 .513 2 1/2

Atlanta 20 20 .500 3

Washington 18 25 .419 6 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Chicago 26 16 .619 —

Houston 24 18 .571 2

St. Louis 24 19 .558 2 1/2

Milwaukee 20 21 .488 5 1/2

Pittsburgh 20 22 .476 6

Cincinnati 18 23 .439 7 1/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

Arizona 26 15 .634 —

Los Angeles 21 19 .525 4 1/2

San Francisco 17 25 .405 9 1/2

Colorado 15 26 .366 11

San Diego 15 27 .357 11 1/2

Thursday’s Games

L.A. Dodgers 7, Milwaukee 2

Washington 1, N.Y. Mets 0

Pittsburgh 11, St. Louis 5

Chicago Cubs 4, San Diego 0

Houston 8, San Francisco 7

Philadelphia 5, Atlanta 0

Florida at Cincinnati, ppd., rain

Arizona 8, Colorado 5

Friday’s Game

Chicago Cubs 7, Pittsburgh 4



Boxscores



INTERLEAGUE

Orioles 5, Nationals 3

WASHINGTON BALTIMORE

ab r h bi ab r h bi

FLopez 2b 5 1 1 0 BRbrts 2b 4 2 2 0

CGzmn ss 5 1 1 0 Mora 3b 3 0 1 1

Zmrmn 3b 5 0 3 2 Mrkkis rf 4 0 1 1

DmYng dh 4 0 1 0 Huff dh 4 1 0 0

Boone 1b 3 1 1 0 Millar 1b 3 0 1 1

Mlldge cf 4 0 2 0 Scott lf 3 1 1 1

Flores c 3 0 2 0 Payton lf 1 0 0 0

WPena lf 4 0 0 0 RHrndz c 3 0 1 0

Dukes rf 3 0 0 1 AJones cf 3 1 2 0

Bynum ss 3 0 0 0

Totals 36 3 11 3 Totals 31 5 9 4

Washington 200 100 000 — 3

Baltimore 002 120 00x — 5

E—FLopez (4). DP—Baltimore 1. LOB—Washington 9, Baltimore 4. 2B—CGuzman (12), Mora (8), Markakis (5). 3B—BRoberts (2). HR—Scott (3). SF—Dukes.

IP H R ER BB SO

Washington

SHill L,0-1 5 8 5 4 2 3

Chico 2 1-3 1 0 0 0 0

Colome 2-3 0 0 0 0 1

Baltimore

Olson W,3-0 5 9 3 3 0 3

Albers 2 2 0 0 1 3

JJohnson 1 0 0 0 0 3

Sherrill S,16 1 0 0 0 0 0

Albers pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. HBP—by Olson (Boone). T—2:33. A—29,266 (48,290).



Phillies 10, Blue Jays 3

TORONTO PHILA

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Scutaro ss 5 0 1 1 Rollins ss 4 2 2 0

AHill 2b 4 1 1 0 Vctrino rf 3 0 2 1

Rios cf 4 1 2 1 Utley 2b 4 1 1 0

Rolen 3b 3 0 1 1 Howard 1b 3 2 1 1

Stairs rf 4 0 0 0 Burrell lf 2 2 0 0

Mench lf 1 0 0 0 Tguchi lf 0 0 0 0

SStwart lf 3 0 1 0 Werth cf 4 3 3 8

Ovrbay 1b 4 1 2 0 Feliz 3b 4 0 0 0

Zaun c 3 0 0 0 Coste c 4 0 1 0

Purcey p 1 0 0 0 Moyer p 3 0 0 0

Litsch p 1 0 0 0 Durbin p 0 0 0 0

Wlkrsn ph 1 0 0 0 Brntlett ph 1 0 0 0

Tallet p 0 0 0 0 Cndrey p 0 0 0 0

Inglett ph 1 0 1 0

Totals 35 3 9 3 Totals 32 10 10 10

Toronto 000 200 100 — 3

Philadelphia 035 011 00x — 10

DP—Toronto 1. LOB—Toronto 7, Philadelphia 2. 2B—Rios (9), Rollins (6), Victorino (5), Coste (6). HR—Werth 3 (9). CS—Victorino (2).

IP H R ER BB SO

Toronto

Purcey L,0-1 3 5 8 8 4 0

Litsch 3 5 2 2 0 4

Tallet 2 0 0 0 0 2

Philadelphia

Moyer W,3-3 6 2-3 7 3 3 2 5

Durbin 1 1-3 0 0 0 0 1

Condrey 1 2 0 0 0 1

PB—Coste. T—2:28. A—36,600 (43,647).



NATIONAL LEAGUE

Cubs 7, Pirates 4

PITTSBURGH CHICAGO

ab r h bi ab r h bi

FSnchz 2b 4 0 0 0 ASrano lf 4 2 2 4

McLuth cf 4 1 1 0 Theriot ss 3 1 1 0

Bay lf 2 1 1 1 DLee 1b 4 0 0 0

AdLrch 1b 4 0 0 0 ArRmz 3b 4 0 0 1

Nady rf 2 1 1 1 Soto c 3 1 2 1

Mntkw 3b 4 1 1 2 Cedeno 2b 3 0 0 0

RPalno c 4 0 1 0 Fkdme rf 1 0 0 0

Bixler ss 3 0 1 0 Derosa rf 4 2 2 1

Rivas ph 1 0 0 0 ReJnsn cf 3 1 1 0

Grzlny p 2 0 0 0 Gllgr p 1 0 0 0

ChGmz ph 1 0 1 0 Zmbrno ph 1 0 0 0

Osoria p 0 0 0 0 Howry p 0 0 0 0

Mchels ph 1 0 0 0 KWood p 0 0 0 0

Totals 32 4 7 4 Totals 31 7 8 7

Pittsburgh 000 001 030 — 4

Chicago 330 001 00x — 7

E—RPaulino (1). DP—Chicago 2. LOB—Pittsburgh 6, Chicago 3. 2B—McLouth (14), Theriot (8), Derosa (8). HR—Bay (9), Mientkiewicz (1), ASoriano 2 (8), Soto (8), Derosa (4). SB—Theriot (9). S—Gallagher.

IP H R ER BB SO

Pittsburgh

Grzlny L,3-4 6 7 7 7 2 3

Osoria 2 1 0 0 0 1

Chicago

Gallagher W,1-0 6 4 1 1 3 3

Howry 2 3 3 3 1 0

KWood S,9 1 0 0 0 0 0

HBP—by Gallagher (Bay). WP—Gallagher. T—2:27. A—40,537 (41,160).

Basketball



NBA playoffs



QUARTERFINALS

(Best-of-7)

Thursday, May 15

San Antonio 99, New Orleans 80, Series tied 3-3

Friday, May 16

Boston at Cleveland, (n)

L.A. Lakers at Utah, (n)



NBA boxscore



Thursday, May 15

Game 6 At San Antonio

SPURS 99, HORNETS 80

NEW ORLEANS (80)

Stojakovic 5-10 2-2 13, West 4-14 2-2 10, Chandler 7-8 0-0 14, Paul 9-18 3-3 21, Peterson 1-5 0-0 3, Pargo 1-6 0-0 2, Wells 0-3 0-0 0, Wright 4-8 0-0 8, Ely 1-3 3-4 5, James 0-3 2-2 2, R.Bowen 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 33-80 12-13 80.

SAN ANTONIO (99)

B.Bowen 1-6 3-4 6, Duncan 7-14 6-8 20, Oberto 2-4 0-0 4, Parker 6-13 2-3 15, Ginobili 9-15 1-2 25, Udoka 5-5 0-1 13, Horry 0-3 0-0 0, Finley 1-6 0-0 2, Thomas 3-4 0-0 6, Barry 1-2 0-0 2, Vaughn 1-2 0-0 2, Bonner 2-3 0-0 4. Totals 38-77 12-18 99.

New Orleans 24 27 12 17 — 80

San Antonio 36 22 20 21 — 99

3-Point Goals—New Orleans 2-9 (Stojakovic 1-1, Peterson 1-2, Wright 0-1, Wells 0-1, James 0-1, Paul 0-1, Pargo 0-2), San Antonio 11-21 (Ginobili 6-9, Udoka 3-3, Parker 1-1, B.Bowen 1-5, Barry 0-1, Horry 0-1, Finley 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—New Orleans 42 (Stojakovic, West, Paul, Chandler, Peterson 6), San Antonio 51 (Duncan 15). Assists—New Orleans 13 (Paul 8), San Antonio 28 (Duncan 6). Total Fouls—New Orleans 19, San Antonio 21. Technicals—West, New Orleans defensive three second, San Antonio defensive three second. A—18,797 (18,797).



Hockey



NHL playoffs



CONFERENCE FINALS

Wednesday, May 14

Dallas 3, Detroit 1, Detroit leads series 3-1

Thursday, May 15

Philadelphia 4, Pittsburgh 2, Pittsburgh leads series 3-1

Saturday, May 17

Dallas at Detroit, 12:30 p.m.

Sunday, May 18

Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 2 p.m.

Monday, May 19

Detroit at Dallas, 7 p.m., if necessary

Tuesday, May 20

Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 6:30 p.m., if necessary

Wednesday, May 21

Dallas at Detroit, 6:30 p.m., if necessary

Thursday, May 22

Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 6:30 p.m., if necessary